Monument record M1181 - Iron Age-Roman settlement, Holme Pierrepont (Site 2)

Summary

SETTLEMENT? (Early Iron Age to Roman)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 61822 38794 (285m by 218m)
Map sheet SK63NW
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Holme Pierrepont, Rushcliffe

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Enclosures, possible circle. (1)
In an area of about 1 km sq on the gravel terrace are four farmsteads … three sites have already been excavated and are now destroyed by quarrying. Waterlogged deposits at the bottom of a well. (2) Position of well not marked on the excavation plans. (6)
Site 2 began as an IA hut circle, and the enclosures were laid out later. (3)
Excavation showed a group of rectangular enclosures with Ro pottery. Also a well containing animal bones and organic matter. A circular hut, possibly IA. (4)
Morph: 69.2.1 Group interpreted as Roman Settlement. (5)
See L8045 for BA cremation, L1180, L1182 for nearby cropmarks.


Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

JAP 40/19

<1> Pickering J, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1148.

Other Refs: 40/19 (NLAP SK 6138/8)

<2> Thoroton Society, 1978, TTS, p 76 (Published document). SNT391.

<3> O'Brien C, 1979, Invasion and Response, BAR 73, pp 303, 305 (Published document). SNT972.

<4> TVARC, 1980, Gazetteer, p 47 (Published document). SNT401.

<5> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.

<6> H Wheeler, 1978, Plans from Holme Pierrepont excavations 1976-78 (Plan). SNT4699.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
  • <2> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1978. TTS. 82. p 76.
  • <3> Published document: O'Brien C. 1979. Invasion and Response, BAR 73. Iron Age and Romano British Settlement in the Tren. pp 303, 305.
  • <4> Published document: TVARC. 1980. Gazetteer. p 47.
  • <5> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.
  • <6> Plan: H Wheeler. 1978. Plans from Holme Pierrepont excavations 1976-78. A2.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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